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Beyoglu
The old name Beyoğlu was Pera meaning the opposite shore. In the 16th century, it came to be named Beyoglu ( son of the beg) because of prince living here in his palace.
Beyoglu is located on the north side of the Golden Horn, the district was opened to settlement by the Byzantine emperors in the 15 century and was called Pera meaning the opposite shore. In the 14th century Genoese walled the district and built the Galata Tower which is still the symbol of the district today. In the 15th or 16th century, the name Beyoğlu came to be used from the name of a princ living there in his palace. In 1700, Beyoğlu expanded towerds the two sides of Tunnel and Galatasaray of today.
In the 19th century, it became an internationl commercial and cultural centre. In the second half of the century, the area between Galataray and Taksim grew and became an area for the rich. Beyoglu was the first area to develop its modern infranstructure, such as the tramway, gas line, water lines. The first electrical tramway connected Beyoğlu and Şisli in 1913.
Aga Mosque
Aga mosque was built by Ismail Ağa in 1597.
Arab Mosque
Arab Mosque was built originally asa church in the 6th centruy and then was replace in its current Gothic style in the 13th century.
Ataturk Culture Centre
The building, whose foundations were laid in 1946 by Istanbul governor Lütfi Kırdar, burnt out 585 days after its opening.
St. Antuan Church
Ts. Antoine Church was built by the Italian carhitect Gulio Mongeri.
Çicek Pasajı ( Flover Passage )
This passage was built as a market place to replace the Naum Theatre, which had burnt down in the great fire of Beyoglu in 1870.